Originally, this issue was tracking a 1.8.1 release, but now that 1.9.0 is so close, we will just include them in that.

We are planning to do an overall Kubeflow 1.8.1 patch release which will include a number of fixes to issues uncovered/missed in the 1.8.0 release.

Missing Stuff

There may have been other critical PRs / Issues raised since we created this issue.

We should review the recent activity kubeflow/kubeflow repo before finalizing this list:

• https://github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow/issues
• https://github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow/pulls

Other Tracking Issues

• Manifests (All Components): KF release 1.9 tracking manifests#2600
• Distributions (All Components): [Kubeflow 1.9] Distributions and Kubeflow 1.9 manifests#2611
• Roadmap (Notebooks WG): Notebooks WG roadmap for KF 1.9 manifests#2608

Changes for 1.9.0

We need to finish/fix these PRs and then cherry-pick them into the v1.9-branch before cutting the 1.9.0 tag.

Notebook Images

• jupyter notebook not connect only #7370
  • Fixed By: fix: jupyterlab runtime volume permissions #7407
• Notebook containers can time out starting with very slow storage:
  • Fixed By: Prevent S6 timeouts on container start by setting S6_CMD_WAIT_FOR_SER… #7421
  • Follow Up PR: fix: increase S6_CMD_WAIT_FOR_SERVICES_MAXTI… #7496
• Update Notebook Images:
  • Fixed By: feat: update notebook server images #7590

Notebooks/TensorBoards Controller

• Hard-coded VirtualService hosts:
  • Fixed By: feat: allow setting ISTIO_HOST in notebook/tensorboard controller for Istio VirtualServices #6902
• Cannot see the list of notebooks [500] An error occurred in the backend.  #6886
  • Fixed by: fix(notebooks): add CRD validation for empty image and container #7495

PVC Viewer Controller

• chore: update pvcviewer dependencies #7561

Notebook Spawner UI (Jupyter Web App)

• Trim whitespace on custom images:
  • Fixed By: Trim the custom Jupyter image string #6529
• Notebook doesn't created after upgrade to Kubeflow 1.8 #7456
  • Fixed By: fix: 🏷️ Ensure username is returned by get_username as a string #7457
• Create notebooks page and get [500] error #7441
  • Caused by: Handle edge case when node capacity is undefined gracefully. Closes #7280. #7281
  • Fixed by: fix(crud-web-apps/jupyter): dict variable reference for node.status.capacity #7485
• Creating or starting notebook throws 500 error - KeyError: 'message' #7454
  • Caused by: jwa: Improve how JWA exposes errors #6952 (see get_status_from_container_state())
  • Fixed by: fix(notebooks): correctly handle status.containerState messages #7585

PVC Viewer UI

• Show "waiting" status on PVC Viewer Pods:
  • Fixed By: fix: return waiting on no pvcviewer status #7350

Tensorboards Web App

• fix: remove incorrect space in TWA_APP_SECURE_COOKIES config #7274

Central Dashboard

• fix: update central dashboard to NodeJS 16 #7578
• feat: big update for manage contributors page #7582
• feat: update dashboard styles and links #7583
• feat(dashboard): allow using {ns} template in externalLinks #7138
• centraldashboard: don't display All namespaces in Manage Contributors screen (#7188) #7242
• fix: incorrect references DASHBOARD_LINKS_CONFIGMAP env-var #7264
• fix: email validation parity for profile creation #7597
• fix: kserve models link in sidebar of dashboard #7603